Fishy Mystery

Dear Beautiful People, quite a few comments on my Hawaiian Poke recipe express surprise that there are cultures other than Japanese who have raw fish dishes. Yes, there are, and here is one of them – Chinese!

I have a three-volume set of Confucius teachings. Years ago, when we were all young and passionate, and tended to argue earth-shattering issues till wee hours of the morning, with guitars and Georgian wines (that’s a country, not a state), sometimes, when an argument hit a dead-end and voices got hoarse, one of us would pull a Confucius volume, open it at random, and pronounce, “Confucius say..”

I have been immensely fortunate and highly privileged to “walk along” many exceptional bloggers, and I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from them. Even though I have announced that this humble blog of mine is not accepting any more awards, I felt the need to thank those great bloggers who have nominated me for various awards.

Our vacations don’t coincide any more, to the point that I am not even getting to visit my granddaughter in Boston. I keep begging to send her down here for at least a weekend!
Besides, there are budgetary considerations at the moment…